"Let's do it" said David Bailey. "Why not ?" I replied "What could possibly go wrong".
Essentially we were both at "silly trip" dead end due to other things in life taking precedent. This would give us something silly to throw the bikes at. Dave rides the same model of Peg as the "Bastard". But talks to her better (calls her Betty) and throws her around more. In recent years he has encouraged me to do some green lanes and off road. It is sort of fun and exhilarating. Until you fall off.
For our first outing we (well, OK, Dave) chose a short route from Baslow in the Derbyshire Dales to Congleton. Only 1 major ford crossing to tackle. We met up with Roy, another Peg owner, but he cheated and brought his XT350 instead.
Dave never stops smiling.
At the start of the day I had XT envy. A small light bike, with very little to break. What I didn't envy was how hard it was to kick start every time Roy stalled it. Even walkers started to laugh at him when stuck on the trail.
We had a mixture of terrain, grassy lanes.
Rocky (loose) hill climbs.
We failed to get as far as the ford crossing, Dave had a habit of lying his bike down during the day (very unusual for him) and eventually lay it down too hard in the wrong place. I felt a little guilty because I should have been telling to move to the left to get over the large rock instead of taking pictures.
The guilt didn't last long, he came up smiling and we all laughed. Then we saw the water leak, and the broken foot rest. After 6 hours we thought best to call it a day and come back to carry on in a Wales direction another day, once his bike was fixed.
In the meantime, here are more shots of Dave laying the bike down for a "rest".
